basket (containers)

Fish basket made from brown wicker, it has a square base crossed diagonally with two wooden sticks and has four short legs. It is woven on the bottom, and thinner strips of wicker create another weave which forms the rest of the basket. A plastic handle is tied to string secured to the sides of the basket. The basket has a small neck with nylon bindings around the lip. Plastic thread joins the basket to a small conical vessel made of natural fibres. Fish basket for collecting frogs, insects and small fish. Usually tied at the waist by men or sometimes women and carried while they are catching frogs or insects especially in the drainage ditches around the rice fields.

Usually tied at the waist by men or sometimes women and carried while they are catching frogs or insects especially in the drainage ditches around the rice fields and used as a container for the forgs and insects.

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